Chapter I On the birth of Matsyagandhâ 1-5. The Risis said :– “O Sûta! Your words sound wonderful to us indeed! but you have not as yet definitely spoken to us the original events in d... Read more
Chapter XX On Vyâsa doing his duties 1-8. The Risis said :– “O Sûta! What did Veda Vyâsa do, when the highest Yogi S’ûka, Deva-like, acquired all the excellent supernatural powers? Kin... Read more
Chapter XIX On the description of the marriage of S’ûka 1-4. S’rî S’ûka said :– O king! This great doubt arises in my mind how a man can be free from desires and the rewards of their a... Read more
Chapter XVIII On Janaka’s giving instructions on truth to S’ûka Deva 1-22. Sûta said :– Mahârsis! When the king Janaka heard of the arrival of S’ûka Deva, the son of his Guru, he took... Read more
Chapter XVII On S’ûka’s displaying his self-control amidst the women of the palace of Mithilâ Sûta said :– Thus speaking to his father about his intention to go to Mithilâ, the high-so... Read more
Chapter XVI On S’ûka’s desiring to go to Mithilâ to see Janaka Vyâsa spoke :– Then the Devî Mahâ Laksmî, seeing the Deva Janârdana lying on a banyan leaf and surprised, spoke to him, s... Read more
Chapter XV On the dispassion of S’ûka and the instructions of Bhagavatî to Hari 1-67. Hearing these words of Vyâsa Deva S’ûka Deva said :– O Father! I do not like at all to take to a h... Read more
Chapter XIII On Urvas’î and Pururavâ 1-34. Sûta said :– O Maharsis! When the king Sudyumna had gone up to heavens, the religious king Pururavâ, endowed with great beauty and many quali... Read more
Chapter XII On the birth of Pururavâ 1-53. Sûta said :– O Mahârsis! The son of the above mentioned Budha is the greatly religious Pururavâ, of a very charitable disposition, and always... Read more
Chapter XI On the birth of Budha 1-86. The Risis said :– “O Sûta! Who is that King Pururavâ? and who is the Deva girl Urvas’î? And how did that high-souled King Pururavâ come int... Read more
